Isabel Sousa-Pinto

Sep 5, 2024 | mdpi.com | Silvia Chemello |Isabel Sousa-Pinto |Tania Pereira |Dos Santos

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Aug 14, 2024 | ecologyandsociety.org | Joao Rodrigues |Sebastian Villasante |Isabel Sousa-Pinto

ResearchABSTRACTMarine protected areas (MPAs) are widely promoted as effective tools for conserving biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystem services. However, MPA success can be hindered by a lack of legitimacy and low social support because of perceived negative effects on ecosystem services and human well-being.

May 22, 2024 | nature.com | Karen Filbee-Dexter |Thomas Wernberg |Carlos Duarte |Jorge Assis |Trine Bekkby |Michael T. Burrows | +11 more

AbstractThe coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions. However, the fate of the flux of carbon exported from seaweed forests—the world’s largest coastal vegetated ecosystem—is a key unknown in marine carbon budgets.